How much does Linear cost?
- Free plan
- Yes
- Enterprise
- Contact sales
In your favor
- Free plan. Free plan with unlimited members, 2 teams, 250 issues, agent platform and Linear Agent
- Notice before price changes. Linear may change fees at its discretion; customer can choose not to renew
Watch out for
- Extra usage is billed. AI Services may be billed on usage metrics under an AI Addendum
- No refunds on a long commitment. Payments non-refundable except as stated
How you buy and get started
- Sign up
- Self-serve signup "Get started"
- Setup
- Not stated
- When sales steps in
- Enterprise requires contacting sales "Contact sales"
- Support
- Priority support on Enterprise "Priority support"
What Linear does
Linear combines issues, projects, cycles, roadmaps and code review in one workspace, with a built-in agent and recurring Loops that work alongside people. It connects to coding agents, GitHub, Slack and support tools.
- Good for
- Product and engineering teams, from startups to enterprises, that plan and build software and want AI agents working in the same system.
- Channels
- Web app, Mobile, Desktop download, Slack, Email intake, Web forms
- Main product
- Linear, a product development system for teams and agents
- Also includes
- Issues, projects, cycles, initiatives, Linear Agent, Loops, Triage Intelligence, Code Intelligence, Linear Insights and dashboards
- Connects to
- GitHub, GitLab, Slack, Figma, Intercom, Zendesk, Sentry, Datadog, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Devin
- Public API
- Yes
- MCP server
- Yes
- AI task creation
@Linearcreate issues and assign to me
- AI status reports
They can also edit Linear documents and post updates to Slack.
- AI auto-schedulingNot stated
- Custom AI agents
Build and deploy AI agents that work alongside you as teammates.
- Workload and resource managementNot stated
- Roadmaps and Gantt charts
Align your team with product initiatives, strategic roadmaps, and clear, up-to-date PRDs.
- Meeting notes to tasksNot stated
- Native integrations
Linear integrates with Slack, Teams, GitHub, support tools, and more to capture conversations, requests, and p
- AI search across workNot stated
- SSO and admin controls
Linear offers SAML via most identity providers (Okta, OneLogin, LastPass, Auth0, Bitium, and more).
The same 10 checks appear on every tool in AI project management software. Each tick quotes the vendor's own site.
Security and your data
| Question | Their answer | Where it says so |
|---|---|---|
| Trains AI on your data? | Not stated | |
| HIPAA (signs a BAA) | available | "Privacy and security measures to ensure that Protected Health Information (PHI) is appropriately safeguarded."security |
| SOC 2 | SOC 2 Type II | "Linear undergoes regular Service Organization Controls audits (SOC 2 Type II)."security |
| GDPR | Committed to GDPR compliance | "Committed to compliance with Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)."security |
| CCPA | Not stated | |
| PCI | Not stated | |
| ISO 27001 | ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certified | "Linear has achieved ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification for its information security management system."security |
| Single sign-on | Google SSO on all plans; SAML on Enterprise | "SAML and SCIM"pricing |
| Trust center | https://trust.linear.app/ | "Request SOC 2 →"security |
Security answers are the vendor's own claims, quoted. We don't audit them.
Every plan
| Plan | Monthly | Billed yearly | Included | Over the allowance | Where it says so |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | – | –2 teams, 250 issues | – | "Free for everyone" |
| Basicper user/month | – | $10per month | –5 teams | – | "inear agent get started /signup get started /settings/plans basic $10 per user/month$10 pe" |
| Businessper user/month | – | $16per month | – | – | "roles loops get started /signup get started /settings/plans business $16 per user/month$16" |
| Enterprise | Quote | – | – | – | "Annual billing only" |
Free plan: Free plan with unlimited members, 2 teams, 250 issues, agent platform and Linear Agent
Fine print
- Billing increment
- Not stated
- Billed beyond usage
- AI Services may be billed on usage metrics under an AI Addendum "which may include usage-based billing calculated on consumption metrics (e.g., tokens, API calls, or compute units)"
- Contract
- Enterprise is annual billing only "Annual billing only"
- Refunds
- Payments non-refundable except as stated "Payment obligations are non-cancelable and, except as expressly stated in this Agreement, non-refundable."
- Auto renew
- Recurring charges are charged without further authorization until termination "recurring charges (e.g. monthly billing) will be charged to Customer’s payment instrument without further authorization from Customer"
- Price change notice
- Linear may change fees at its discretion; customer can choose not to renew "Linear may modify its Fees or introduce new fees in its sole discretion."
"Not stated" means we read their pricing page and terms and they don't say.
About the company
- Legal name
- Linear Orbit, Inc.
- Online since
- May 9, 2018 Domain registration date
- Ships updates
- 10 in the last 12 months Last on Oct 22, 2026, from their changelog
- Founder
- Karri Saarinen, Co-founder, CEO
- Founder
- Jori Lallo, Co-founder, CPO
- Founder
- Tuomas Artman, Co-founder, CTO
- Customers
- "More than 40,000 companies" their claim
- Backing
- "Backed by Accel, Sequoia and angel investors" their words
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Questions
Is Linear free?
Yes. Free plan with unlimited members, 2 teams, 250 issues, agent platform and Linear Agent
How much does Linear cost?
Paid plans start at $10 per month billed yearly.
Is Linear HIPAA compliant?
Linear says a HIPAA BAA is available.
